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Babies don't come with instruction manuals, so here are 5 tips for picking a parenting book

  • Written by Denise Bodman, Principal Lecturer in Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University
Babies don't come with instruction manuals, so here are 5 tips for picking a parenting bookEvidence-based and easy to read are two important criteria.JGI/Tom Grill/Tetra images via Getty Images

Babies don’t come with instruction manuals. Children are at once joyful, sad, confusing, predictable, generous, selfish, gentle and mean. What’s a parent to do when faced with such perplexing offspring? Given the complex interactions...

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